Talk:Henry Bedingfeld

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This article is mistitled "Bedingfield" whereas his correct name, as in the body of the article, is "Bedingfeld". I don't know how to correct that but I'm sure someone else does. Cheers. Chelseaboy 14:57, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Done. For future refrence, you can just click the "move" tab at the top of the page and enter the new title. That will move the old page to the new one, andcreate a redirect to the new page. SoberEmu 21:39, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

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The article may be improved by following the WPBiogaphy 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. --KenWalker | Talk 03:51, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

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I note that the lengthy section describing Sir Henry's dealings with Princess Elizabeth is lifted wholesale and almost verbatim from the source cited. I have created some format for it but query whether it should not be rewritten in a more succinct form, as the linked references take one to this text anyway. Eebahgum (talk) 04:12, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

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I tagged "After the death of King Edward VI in 1553, Bedingfeld and Henry Jerningham (together with William Drury, John Sulyard, John Shelton, Clement Higham and others) were two supporters very instrumental in placing Mary Tudor on the throne, coming to her aid at Kenninghall or Framlingham with 140 well-armed men." where a primary source is used (along with other sources) that a non-primary source is needed. The two other sources are from 1905 and 1807, respectively, and while they support some of the information, it's not good to say in wikipedia voice that all these persons were "very instrumental in placing Mary Tudor on the throne" when (1) the two non-primary sources do not add the names of "William Drury, John Sulyard, John Shelton, Clement Higham and others" as "very instrumental", and (2) using such outdated sources. I'll note that our own article on 1553 succession crisis does not mention either Bedingfeld, although Jerningham does get mentioned. I'm sure he took 140 men, but I doubt that he was "very intrumental" in getting Mary on the throne - I'd want to see a recent biography of Mary support such a claim, not an obscure 1905 book by a non-historian. The primary source is (I assume) being used to support the death of Edward and the role of the various additions (Drury, etc) in being instrumental to placing Mary on the thone - but the chronicles don't actually support that so the primar souce is not useful here. Ealdgyth (talk) 15:52, 30 June 2025 (UTC)